A flaw was found in libxml2 with Python bindings enabled.
CVE-2026-74860
A flaw was found in libxml2 with Python bindings enabled. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by providing a specially crafted XML document containing a Document Type Definition (DTD) with enumerated attribute values. This triggers a double-free error in the SAX attributeDecl callback handler, where a string is freed twice. This flaw can lead to a denial of service (DoS) due to a reproducible crash in Python applications using the libxml2 SAX bindings.
Assessment
- CVSS
- 8.5 (v3.1)
- Severity
- High
- EPSS
- 0.66% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Known exploited
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Exploit availability
- Nothing found in Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or public PoC repositories
- Published
- 8 September 2026
- Last updated
- 2 November 2026
- Affected
- Red Hat · Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.20 · Red Hat Cost Management On-Premise 1 · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support
- Assigner
- redhat
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
At the source
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:64463
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71585
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71586
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71641
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:72470
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:72475
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:72476
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:79357
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82939
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:89750
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:89759
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:90309
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